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Mid-Year 2007 Relocation Report
The Richardson Economic Development Partnership recorded 17 corporate expansions and relocations through the first half of 2007. All together the projects are expected to generate 946 jobs and 586,539 square feet of occupied commercial space. 8 of the 17 relocations were by companies in the information technology and communications industries. The balance of activity was produced by companies from an assortment of tech and non-tech companies.
A complete list of first-half 2007 projects follows:
| # |
COMPANY |
BUSINESS |
TYPE |
FROM |
ADDRESS |
SQUARE FEET |
TYPE SPACE |
EMP. |
BROKER |
| 1 |
Huawei Technologies |
Telecom equipment |
Relocation |
Plano |
1301 W. Pres. Geo. Bush Hwy. |
11,400 |
Office |
40 |
John Schaunfeld/MOHR PARTNERS |
| 2 |
Yahoo |
Internet services |
Relocation |
Dallas |
1680 N. Glenville |
45,960 |
Tech |
150 |
Bo Bond/Jeff Ellerman/ STAUBACH |
| 3 |
Carrius Technologies |
Switching equipment |
Expansion |
Richardson |
2240 Campbell Creek |
15,000 |
Tech |
15 |
Kevin White/ W the Real Estate Co. |
| 4 |
Enfora, Inc. |
Wireless components |
Relocation |
Plano |
251 Renner Parkway |
40,231 |
Office |
90 |
Kelley Kackley & Jeff Staubach/ STAUBACH CO. |
| 5 |
Regali Promotions |
Public relations and advertising services |
Relocation |
Dallas |
518 N. Interurban |
4,990 |
Tech |
15 |
None |
| 6 |
U.S. Energia, LLC |
Battery distribution |
Relocation |
Plano |
790 N. Glenville |
13,234 |
Tech |
20 |
Janice Peters/ BURR & TEMKIN |
| 7 |
Hanson Robotics |
Lifelike skin product used to "humanize" robots |
Relocation |
Richardson |
1208 Executive Drive West |
3,000 |
Tech |
5 |
None |
| 8 |
Sirenza MicroDevices |
RF component maker |
Relocation |
Richardson |
1301 E. Arapaho |
8,062 |
Tech |
25 |
Janice Peters/ BURR & TEMKIN |
| 9 |
Job Ready Training |
Training for healthcare and computer professions |
Start-Up |
Austin |
1202 E. Arpaho |
6,306 |
Tech |
5 |
Kevin McGovern & Cheryl Hayes/ GRUBB & ELLIS |
| 10 |
FSB International, Inc. |
Pharmaceuticals |
Relocation |
Richardson |
500 Industrial |
22,800 |
Tech |
50 |
Chris Morrow/ PINNACLE COMMERCIAL |
| 11 |
MeshLinx Wireless |
Wi-Fi broadband wireless services |
Relocation |
Plano |
1500 International |
11,500 |
Tech |
15 |
Michael Cook/ MICHAEL COOK & ASSO. |
| 12 |
NanoFactory Instruments, Inc. |
Swedish nanotechnology company |
Relocation |
Goteborg, Sweden |
3400 Waterview |
1,200 |
Office |
5 |
None |
| 13 |
Cisco Systems |
Data center at Richardson campus |
Expansion |
Richardson |
2450 E. Pres. Geo. Bush Hwy. |
240,000 |
Office |
25 |
Kelley Kackley/ STAUBACH CO. |
| 14 |
Elcoteq |
Americas HQ for Finnish contract electronics maker |
Relocation |
Irving |
1700 International |
30,000 |
Flex |
45 |
Unknown |
| 15 |
VuComp |
Computer systems to analyze medical imagery |
Relocation |
Plano |
1231 W. Campbell |
6,185 |
Office |
11 |
Unknown |
| 16 |
Bryles Research, Inc. |
Market research for the food industry |
Relocation |
Illinois |
1108 Essex |
11,088 |
Office |
30 |
TIG |
| 17 |
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. |
Wireless communications service provider |
Relocation |
Dallas |
2250 Lakeside |
115,583 |
Office |
400 |
Carl Ewert & Bo Bond/ STAUBACH |
| 18 |
Eltek Valere |
Special batteries for data centers |
Expansion |
Richardson |
1303 E. Arapaho |
35,000 |
Office |
100 |
Greg Langston & Brett Heflin/ CRESA |
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